(Some of) What we did this week…
- Supported our Norwich group in the run up to their meal with Hear Me Out (Funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund) this Sunday 🎸🥁🎺
- Reviewed and approved some November meal booking requests (thanks for filling out the new form, please send us your feedback if you haven’t already!) 🗓️
- Launched a new National Leader Whatsapp group (see more below!)
Join our new National Leader Whatsapp Group Chat
We’re currently working on a project funded by Ben and Jerry’s, part of which focuses on supporting groups in collaborating nationally.
We’ve been excited and inspired by the connection and support we’ve seen between leaders from all over the UK during weekly leader check-ins, and wanted to see how we might further this!
Therefore, we’re delighted to share that we’re launching a national leader Whatsapp group chat, which we hope will be a useful space for:
- Exchanging advice on running Local Welcome groups
- Connecting with and sharing information with other groups (for example, if a member of your group is moving to another city where there’s another group!)
- Sharing stories and photos from your group
- Sharing links to petitions and resources
Joining this group chat is optional - it’s totally up to you whether you feel comfortable doing so or not!
As you know, we use our Table Manners at meals to help model the right tone and boundaries, whilst also helping everyone feel as heard and seen as possible. This group chat is likely to be quite large, so we thought we’d better create some digital table manners for it:
Local Welcome’s Digital Table Manners:
- Be friendly and kind at all times
- Respect each other’s privacy
- Only share what you feel like sharing
- Be mindful about how frequently you send messages here
- Don’t use inappropriate language